NEW HOLLAND LOBEDUCK. 



(Biziura Novae Hollandiae.) 



Bi. corpore supra nigro, longiditunaliter transversimque albido 

 lineato, subtus albo, macidis nigrls, rostro nigro, pedibus plum- 

 beis. 



Lobeduck with the body above black, longitudinally and trans- 

 versely striped with black and white, beneath white with black 

 spots, the beak black, the legs lead-coloured. 



Anas lobata. Shaw, Nat. Misc. viii. pi. 255 . 



Lobated Duck. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 349. 



INHABITS New Holland : size of the Wild Duck : 

 beak dusky black, its wattle of a very dark colour : 

 the prevailing colour of the plumage dusky black, 

 crossed with numerous transverse pale or whitish lines, 

 intermixed with irregular markings and spots of the 

 same : the chin, fore part of the neck, and belly are 

 white, irregularly marked and spotted with dusky 

 black : the quills and tail of the last colour, and the 

 tail-feathers somewhat pointed : legs lead-colour. 



